Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the city of Columbus was awarded $7,403,500 from the U.S. Department of Energy as a formula allocation of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). The Department of Public Service received $1,571,650 of this award for Pedestrian Signal Upgrade to LED technology. The new pedestrian signals will comply with the latest standards promulgated by the Institute of Transportation Engineers specifying appearance criteria, energy-saving performance and expected service life.
These countdown displays will provide a clearer understanding of the meaning of pedestrian clearance intervals, increased customer acceptance of the proper operation of pedestrian signals and ultimately safer pedestrian environment. The project will replace a total of 3,698 pedestrian signals with an expected annual savings of 1,946,000 kilowatt hours upon project completion in the fall of 2012.
Appropriation of these grant funds was authorized in Ordinance 1511-2009. This ordinance will amend the previous ordinance with regard to appropriation between object level one codes and authorize expenditure from the General Government Grant Fund (Fund 220) for the Division of Planning and Operations within the Department of Public Service.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation allows $1,571,650 to be expended from the EECBG grant within the General Government Grant Fund. Costs will be reimbursed to the city by the U.S. Department of Energy as expended
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transactions to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to issue purchase orders from existing universal term contracts, authorize a transfer between objects levels, a...
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